Musical-scale register



(No Model.)

G. B. W. BLISS.

I MUSICAL SCALE REGISTER.

Patented Apr. 22, 1890.

' made a part of this specification, A repre- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE B. IV. BLISS, OF OALAIS, VERMONT.

MUSICAL-SCALE REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 426,229, dated April 22, 1890.

Application filed October 14, 1889. Serial No. 327,023. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. W. BLiss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Calais, in the county of \Vashington and State of Vermont, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Musical-Scale Register, of which the following is a specification.

It consists of cubical blocks firmly attached to arms, of wood, ivory, metal, or other hard substance. 011 each block is a letter of the scale 011 one side and on the right of the letter is its flat and on the left its sharp, and hexagon blocks on the same arms with the cubical blocks revolve on said arms. On the hexagon blocks are letters or other characters indicating to the player which finger he should use in striking the note indicated on the cubical blocks. The number of cubical blocks used will be equal. to the white keys on the piano or organ. The position of all tones in all the scales can be indicated with its true name and the transposition from where written to where it is played given.

My musical-scale register may be placed just above and back of key-board or it may be. firmly fixed or built into the instrument.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents aplan view of my invention; Fig. 2, a section through the same; and Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views of the cubical and hexagon blocks.

In the drawings which are referred. to and sents a box or wide groove; B, cubical blocks; C, hexagon blocks, and D the arms on which the blocks are held. The ends of arms I) are held in either side of box or groove A in a manner to permit them to be turned to the right or to the left a half-step in the scale, or, by using a longer arm, a whole step.

The hexagon blocks 0, on the same arm with cubical blocks B, have figures or other characters to indicate the finger to be used in touching the note indicated by the cubical blocks. For example, if a block 0 is in such a position as to show X, it signifies that the player is to strike the note with his thumb. If figures, 1, 2, 3,4, are shown, they denote that the first, second, third, or fourth fingers are to be used. If no character appears upon; the face of the hexagon block it is an indication that the note is not to be played.

By my device the notes of all scales can be indicated and easy and rapid transpositions from one scale to another made, as the player has indicated to him the notes to be struck and the fingers with which to strike them.

The arms D may be provided with a joint for additional arm to hold blocks to show double flats and double sharps.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A musical-scale register, consisting of box A, cubical lettered blocks B, and hexagon blocks C, in combination with arms D, all arranged as described, and for the purposes set forth.

GEORGE B. IV. BLISS \Vit-nesses:

T. J. DEA'VITT, Runes R. RIKES. 

